[wp-forums] The subtle distinctions between self promotion and assistance

[Mark Duncan]

Totally agree, i just wanted to be sure we weren't casting out a 
valuable community member without giving him ample chance to change, but 
i'm convinced that opportunity has already come and gone now... (which 
is such a shame)..

Mark / t31os

On 13/04/2011 15:17, esmi at quirm dot net wrote:
> on 13/04/2011 14:43 Mark Duncan said the following:
>> Sure it's self promotion[1], but i've seen numerous[2] "Annoucement of
>> new plugin that does X" threads on the forum, i always been under the
>> impression users can annouce(though not repeatedly) that they've
>> released a plugin on the repo via the forum...
>
> It's one thing to announce a new plugin, or an updated version or even
> ask for beta-testers. But it's quite another to use the forums as a
> pseudo Twitter to just post reminders about a plugin that was actually
> released a while back. Plus it has to be viewed in the context of the
> other stuff he's been posting.
>
> Mel